Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: $1,900

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

BONUS, EPHRAIM HEZEKIAH (BUENO) d. 1665

Place

mid 17th Century

Description

Etching by Joannus Lyvyus (Jan Lievens). Framed

references

Rubens 152

summary

Dutch physician and writer, Bonus was from the Bueno de Mesquita family of Marrano origin. He helped to edit the Shulchan Aruch of Joseph Caro, and translated into Spanish for publication a good part of the liturgy and the Book of Psalms. Bueno's portrait was painted by Rembrandt as "The Jewish Doctor." See EJ Vol. IV, Col. 1460

13 x 10.5 inches image size

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